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Tax Associate

Purk & Associates, P.C., CPAs
Brentwood, MO Full Time
POSTED ON 9/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/2/2027

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Purk & Associates, PC, a growing St. Louis-based CPA firm, has an immediate need for an Associate in our Tax Department. Purk & Associates, PC specializes in serving privately held companies in a wide array of industries, in addition to not-for-profits and employee benefit plans. We offer competitive compensation & benefits in a flexible work environment that values work/life balance. 


The ideal candidate will possess:

· A high motivation for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

  • College Degree
  • Possessing the required hours to sit for the CPA exam or actively working toward that goal
  • Forward movement toward taking the CPA exam
  • Engaged in continuous learning: engagements, clients, software, etc.
  • Ability to prepare basic tax returns and basic work papers within larger tax return engagements


Purk & Associates, PC is a great firm with employees who enjoy coming to work! We all get along very well together and are looking for another person who fits right in with us. Our owners place trust in employees, there is no micromanaging here and we have an open-door policy. We work hard, and in turn, are rewarded with fun things to do together as a firm. We work 36-hour work weeks during summer and take Fridays off, we offer flexible work schedules, casual dress (yes, jeans!), paid CPE, paid cell phone coverage, tuition reimbursement as well as many other benefits. 


Purk & Associates, PC has been recognized as a “Best Places to Work” by the St. Louis Business Journal, Accounting Today, and others for several years running, and has been named by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. 

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